<?php

/*
 * Copyright 2008 the original author or authors.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

#namespace tehframework\mvc;

interface ViewFactory
{
	/**
	 * Creates a View instance from {@link $viewName view name}.
	 * 
	 * @param  string $viewName
	 *         A name of the view to create.
	 * @return View?
	 *         An instance of the view or NULL if no view was found.
	 * @throws Exception
	 *         If any errors occured while creating a view instance.
	 */
	function createView($viewName);
}